South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is 1.18× the size of French Polynesia

What fits

• French Polynesia is 85% of the size of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is larger by 585 km² (226 mi²), which is 18% of the area of French Polynesia.
• Measured in Belgiums: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is about 0.13, French Polynesia about 0.11.

How they differ

• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is larger, but French Polynesia has the larger population: 279,000 against 40, 7,965× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 84 in French Polynesia against 0.0 in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: French Polynesia is 9,362× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 9,800 km apart.
• A standard web map misstates the comparison: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands at 55°S is drawn about 3.0× too large and French Polynesia at 15°S about 1.1×, so the map shows South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands as 3.28× the size of French Polynesia instead of 1.18×.
• Together South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and French Polynesia cover 7,260 km², close to the size of Palestine (6,070 km², 16% smaller).
• The gap between them, 585 km², is about the size of Isle of Man (575 km²).
• At French Polynesia's density, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands would have 328,000 people (it has 40). At South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands's density, French Polynesia would have 30 (it has 279,000).
• French Polynesia's centre is 39.5° of latitude, about 4,390 km, farther north than South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands's.

Who wins on what

Both against the same yardsticks

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2019 and Wikidata 2022, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Our measured 3,920 km² is 3.6% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,070 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
• Our measured 3,340 km² is 20% below Wikidata's official figure of 4,170 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.

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